The temperature on March 18, 1927 was between 1.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
Day of marriage March 8, 1950
The temperature on March 8, 1950 was between -1.0 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
Day of death September 23, 1995
The temperature on September 23, 1995 was between 10.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 31 » Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas after accusations of Saldívar embezzling money from Selena's fan club.
May 2 » During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
August 21 » Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
November 22 » Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
Day of burial September 27, 1995
The temperature on September 27, 1995 was between 8.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain during 12.9 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
May 28 » The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
August 15 » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
November 22 » The 7.3 Mw Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
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